Trust is a precious commodity – difficult to earn, but easy to lose – and becomes even more valuable when the provenance of an item or brand is play.

Blackmores Group has become the third Australian organisation to have its marketing skills development program endorsed by the Australian Marketing Institute (AMI).

Any new brand with ambitions for rapid growth quickly faces a plethora of choices when it comes to acquiring the digital marketing platforms that will support that growth. However, when Melbourne-born furniture maker, BROSA, was confronted with these choices, it opted to do something few other brands in its category have done – develop its own software.

As a proud Gurindji man, John Burgess counts among his people the stockmen, domestic workers, and families whose strike action on the Northern Territory’s Wave Hill station in 1966 laid the foundation for the Land Rights movement and modern claims to native title.

Mastercard has again taken out the top spot in the fourth and expanded edition of amp’s Best Audio Brands Index.

Navigating this new world of for-purpose consumers requires marketers to start thinking more like activists and less like marketers, says co-founder of Activista LA, Beto Fernandez.

Seventeen-year-old Australian QSR and food producer, Oliver’s, was arguably doing healthy and inclusive food before it became trendy. But thanks to a combination of business restructuring, an explosion in health-oriented competitors and lack of internal strategic marketing, the brand has spent several years without clear direction and energy.

Human capital management consultancy, Smart WFM, has brought on bestselling author, Andrew Griffiths, as its first global advisory board member to oversee marketing, branding and messaging.

Brick Lane Brewery CEO, Paul Bowker, is the first to admit his perceptions of marketing have dramatically changed as the business has matured.

When is dog food not dog food? Perhaps when its intended purpose is to be much more than just food for a dog.

The Covid-19 pandemic brought on many changes in consumer behaviour, but not all are here to stay. Indeed, for several marketers, the new normal is starting to look suspiciously like the old one.

Strategy, operations and commitment are critical if brands wish to ensure their ethical marketing approach can cut the mustard with consumers, Forrester principal analyst, Xiaofeng Wang, says.

Every eight hours, one woman dies in Australia from ovarian cancer. Unlike some other forms of gynaecological cancer, ovarian cancer has no early detection test, meaning many women are not diagnosed until the cancer has reached its more advanced stages. This makes ovarian cancer the most lethal female cancer.

A sense of positivity, individual empowerment and control, along with a catchcry turning its brand effectively into an adjective, are key elements of Selfwealth’s first rebrand in its 10-year history.

A doubling of market share across first-home buyers, portfolio growth 1.8 times system growth and a slew of younger customers are some of the hefty commercial wins Great Southern Bank has chalked up following a transformational rebrand.

As the world celebrates Earth Day on 22 April 2022, CMO took a look at some of the ways Australian and global brands are embracing the spirit of the movement in campaigns and experiential activations.

Diversity and inclusion is one of the biggest cultural challenges organisations are grappling with in 2022. But it’s not necessarily the topic you’d expect a fintech scale-up to be actively trying to cement a position on when it’s still in its brand infancy.

Three out of four Australians can’t name a brand they believe is helping improve social or environmental issues and 86 per cent are sceptical about claims businesses are making on either front, a new report has found.

There’s a new normal in emerging technology every week, driven by rapid convergence of everything from smart devices to the virtual and physical in the metaverse. It’s ushering in the age of Industry 5.0, an exciting and frightening scenario for marketers.

Brand design is often positioned in terms of its impact and utility with external customers. But for Rosemary Health, a brand overhaul is also helping the disruptive business realise the brand it’s aspiring to be internally, its head of marketing says.

American Express has topped the latest list of Australia's most premium brands for the first time as well as led the financial services category for the third year running.